by Andrea Giordano | Mar 2, 2015 | Citizenship, Videos
I wanted to tell you about my new resource to help you prepare for the civics test as you work towards your U.S. Citizenship! To view all the details of my new resource to help you prepare for your U.S. Citizenship test, click here! If you have any questions, you can...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 27, 2015 | Student Posts
ATTENTION TEACHERS ON TO THE POST... E Lexical, Functional, Derivational, and Inflectional Morphemes In our last post on Free vs. Bound Morphemes, we looked at the two main categories of morphemes, free and bound morphemes. Today, we will be looking at some more...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 26, 2015 | Student Posts
ATTENTION TEACHERS ON TO THE POST... Free vs. Bound Morphemes – What’s the difference? Morphemes are the building materials of words. They are the smallest units of meaning or grammatical function within a language. Words are constructed out of these...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 25, 2015 | Student Posts
10 Things Every ESL Student Should Know #1 – You can do this. Virtually anyone can learn English with strong motivation and a lot of practice. Most people just stop learning when it gets difficult. Don’t be that person. #2 – Native speakers want to...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 24, 2015 | Student Posts
What are the 8 parts of speech? There are 8 parts of speech in English. Parts of speech are the different categories of words that are used (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections). The following is an...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 17, 2015 | Student Posts
Two Truths About Learning English If you learn English for any period of time, you will soon learn that learning a second language is HARD. Not just a little bit hard. Really hard. At the very same time, you will also learn that learning English is valuable. Learning...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 7, 2015 | Student Posts
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda: Reduced Speech in English Have you ever listened to a native English speaker and thought, “Why are they speaking so quickly? I can’t understand anything they’re saying.” It’s natural to feel that way when you...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 6, 2015 | Student Posts
New Technologies in English Learning Recently, Edudemic put out an article, discussing 6 Technologies That Will Revolutionize the Classroom. Here are the six technologies that they believe will (rightfully) impact education in dramatic fashion. Eye Tracking Technology...
by Andrea Giordano | Feb 4, 2015 | Student Posts
20 Reasons to be a Proud ESL Student I am so proud of the ESL students I teach every day. They are brave, intelligent individuals who have taken a huge risk to come to the United States to study another language. Learning English is a long, difficult process, and...
